NEWS
2019/12/21
There are a billion alternate universes in which BABYMETAL, as a thing, doesn’t work. The combination of big-ass metal and cutesy singing and dancing could so easily suck, but somehow it’s ended up being a world-beating formula. The stars have aligned in a way that’s meant some of the biggest metal festivals in the world, full of grizzled, hairy men drinking beer from horns, have now played host to these small Japanese women in frilly dresses. It’s kind of amazing. Let’s dive into Karate, shall we? 0.13 SU-METAL from BABYMETAL, there. 0.14 And there’s YUIMETAL! She is no longer in the band, after leaving in late 2018. In her leaving message, she apologised for her health problems inconveniencing both the band and its fans, and suggested she might resurface as a solo artist under...
